Substacks recommended by Paul Corman-Roberts

Recommended by Paul Corman-Roberts

I'm a poet, self-help author, novelist, kettlebell athlete, and pop culture nerd. Likely you know me from one of these descriptions if you're here. Hopefully, I'll share the rest of my world with you.

Rompiendo Huevos

By Facundo Rompehuevos

A place for honest fiction, exaggerated nonfiction and sneakily-political poetry from a working-class ex-punk and recovering-alcoholic perspective.

Going Solo at the End of the World

By Marya Hornbacher

Solo traveler and New York Times bestselling author goes rogue to bring readers a first-person report from the far reaches of the American road.

Collaging the Chaos: Essays for the Subterranean Future

Essays by J. K. Fowler that share cultural critique, personal reflection, and speculative insights, offering readers a mosaic of perspectives on how to navigate and imagine possible futures beneath the surface of mainstream narratives.

Byrne Notice

By Monica Byrne

An itinerant artist, writing from the road.

Poesy

By lyw

Poetry is when Prose is not sufficient. Nothing refreshes the writer's mind more than looking at the world through poetry. I invite writers, who have benefited from such a break from prose, to submit such work.

Galileo Press

By Barrett Warner

Indie Press since 1982, many quiet stars, one or two shining brighter than expected.

Poetic Outlaws

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

Miranda July

Off the cuff MJ writing/videos/picts/audio for paid subscribers and an ongoing All Fours Group Chat for everyone (not a book club! A place to talk about your own life.)

Badreads

By Lauren Hough

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

Cintra Wilson Feels Your Pain

Cultural Pith, Terrible Secrets and Quality Rants. Two fresh original pieces and two obscure throwback articles a month, with audio performances and oil paintings for all.

Huntress House

By Abby O'Keefe

author • mother • mover • seeker healing out loud. joy chaser. slow living enthusiast. learning, unlearning. less perfection. more play. come get cozy.

A HORSE INSIDE

By Ana Wang

Notes from the studio of Ana Wang.

Rawdoggin' Reality

By Margo Price

Conform, go crazy, or become an artist. Finally, a place to share my musings, poetry, lyrics, literature and songs, and connect with fellow artists and fans.

Dating Dinosaurs - A Memoir

By Wendy Martin

I invite you to join me as I chronicle my 200+ dates as a single mom during the prehistoric days of online dating. Laugh with me, laugh at me, cringe when necessary. Hold on, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

The emotional honesty of older people, particularly creative older people, is very resonant with me as an older, single creative. There is much to be learned here.

- Paul Corman-Roberts

Kate’s Substack

By Kate Gale

My personal Substack

Alexander David Welch

I have cerebral palsy and dystonia. I am a 32 year old, disabled man.

Bree

Bree is a poet, songwriter, and visual artist living in rural Kentucky. In 2001 she founded Green Panda Press in Cleveland Ohio which put out handmade copies of poetry and art books and ephemera of the very small press

Reckless Chants

By Jessie Lynn McMains

news and updates, writings from the vaults, newer writings with nowhere else to go, etc.

One of the most authentic Punk writers in all the land.

- Paul Corman-Roberts

Let me tell you a story

By lyw

Every post will begin with 'let me tell you a story' and will tell a fiction about an event, object or memory in a writer's week in 1,000 words or fewer. The effect of this theme is something fresh, never over-thought and on the pulse of today.

This is a really great forum for thoughtful, everyday flash stories that are taking the community by storm. I"m appreciative to this group for giving my work a platform, but you will probably enjoy sooo many of the authors presented here.

- Paul Corman-Roberts

I Recommend Books

By Ashley Honeysett

Fiction and literature. Brief. Enthusiastic. Weekly.

Lyndal Cairns

Marketer, writer, nerd.

Be About It Press

By Alexandra Naughton

Small independent literary house publishing zines and books since 2010. Be About It Press wants you. Friends say we're approachable, cool, experimental, fun, smart, rad, edgy, and authentic. We wear these attributes with pride.

This is the return of one of the greatest 'zines/lit rags of all time.

- Paul Corman-Roberts

Caravan Writers Collective

Working writers working with you

Rusty Barnes, poet and writer

My personal Substack

Eddie Foreman

Rhyming poet who not afraid to show it

Janet’s Substack

By Janet Salsman

My personal Substack

Paul Koniecki

Poet - MFA VCFA

Sweary History with James Fell

Those who cannot remember the past . . . need a history teacher who says "fuck" a lot.

The Resilient Creative

By Jen Knox

Let's explore how to navigate the world as a creative person, find new ways of seeing, and cultivate resilience both on and off the page.

The Factory Poet

By Dan Denton

Former UAW chief steward turned full-time poet, writer and novelist. Living in a RV. Voted best writer in Toledo in 2024.

This is the kind of fine, blue collar writing we're gonna need to get through the collapse of the empire.

- Paul Corman-Roberts

Feliform Spleen Vehicle

By Fran Lock

Feliform Spleen Vehicle (Fran Lock's Substack)

Elena

Marquismarq’s Substack

By Mark Olmsted

On a queer day, you can read forever. (I write about everything. Politics, sociology, art, poetry. And share my fiction and non-fiction) Guardian of one Gazan family, whose lives I report faithfully.

Glorious Mayhem

By Matt Smythe

Storytelling, poetry, photography, conversation, and some hard-earned scars. All the Smythe projects.

Emily Post Etiquette

By The Emily Post Institute

A place for kindness, consideration, respect and honesty

Gary’s Journey Through Hell

By Gary Shteyngart

Nine Circles +

MooreLove

By Kate McCarroll Moore

My personal Substack

My personal Substack

thoughts, news, things from The Racket

Phynne~Belle’s Substack

My personal Substack

The Monetization of Fear

By Fiona Taylor

An exploration of the ways fear is exploited for gain in the United States.

Alexandra

Things I Don't Want My Mom to Read

By Michelle Kicherer

Author of SEXY LIFE, HELLO. Professional weirdo. Writes about books & music for SF Chronicle & Willamette Week. Writing prompts & craft essays, interview snippets & live office hours!